2024 Volgograd Oblast gubernatorial election

The 2024 Volgograd Oblast gubernatorial election will take place on 6–8 September 2024, on common election day, coinciding with 2024 Volgograd Oblast Duma election. Incumbent Governor Andrey Bocharov is running to a third term in office.

Background
Then-All-Russia People's Front executive committee chairman and former State Duma member Andrey Bocharov was appointed acting Governor of Volgograd Oblast in April 2014, replacing first-term Governor Sergey Bozhenov, who served in office for just two years. Bocharov easily won the election for a full term in September 2014 with 88.49% of the vote. Bocharov ran for a second term in 2019 and overwhelmingly won again with 76.80% of the vote against three registered opponents.

Initially the Governor of Volgograd Oblast was limited for just two consecutive terms so Bocharov would have been term-limited in 2024. However, in December 2021 "On Common Principles of Organisation of Public Authority in the Subjects of the Russian Federation" law was enacted, which lifted term limits for Russian governors. Volgograd Oblast followed suit and lifted the restrictions, which allowed Bocharov to seek another term in 2024.

In April 2024 during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin Governor Bocharov announced his intention to run for a third term and received Putin's endorsement.

Candidates
In Volgograd Oblast candidates for Governor can be nominated only by registered political parties. Candidate for Governor of Volgograd Oblast should be a Russian citizen and at least 30 years old. Candidates for Governor should not have a foreign citizenship or residence permit. Each candidate in order to be registered is required to collect at least 5% of signatures of members and heads of municipalities. Also gubernatorial candidates present 3 candidacies to the Federation Council and election winner later appoints one of the presented candidates.